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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my opinion, it seems some students are just not ready for college and especially not ready for a competitive pressure cooker college for whatever reasons. Perhaps they push through high school to get the top grades, EC’s etc and then are just burnt out. [b]Perhaps they think an elite college is the ultimate prize at the end of high school and once they are in they feel their work is done only to find out that they have to continue to grind and the pressure is even more intense. [/b]I don’t know. Just wondering. It’s really sad. [/quote]

It's probably this but even more so a feeling of "so this is it?"  You know, that empty feeling that can rear it's head when you achieve your goal and realize that you're not any happier than before.  Happiness, contentment, peace have to come from within and not from your external circumstances or anything you've accomplished.  I struggle with this.  Sometimes the emptiness is larger, the larger the accomplishment.  [/quote]

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